Mike Wilhelm's Loose Gravel from a KSAN San Francisco live radio broadcast in 1971. Chris Wilson is featured on lead vocal. Song by Darrell Devore. Personnel are: Mike Wilhelm, leader, lead guitar; Chris Wilson, guitar, vocal; Dennis Corso, guitar, vocal; Ken Streight, bass; Rol Gjano, drums. Chris was 17 years old when this performance was done! This is the band turned down by Bill Graham in the infamous scene in the movie "Last Days of the Fillmore". What was that about? Mike was not only instrumental in starting the San Francisco music scene as a founding member of San Francisco's first psychedelic band, The Charlatans, in 1964, Loose Gravel was also one of the best bands in San Francisco at the time the Last Days movie was filmed.


There Is This Feeling - Loose Gravel

First song of band set, Mike Wilhelm & Hired Guns, Red Dog Saloon, Virginia City, Nevada, August 16, 2014.

Blue Skies And Sunshine - Red Dog Saloon 2nd night

Mike Wilhelm & Hired Guns live at Red Dog Saloon, Virginia City, Nevada, Friday, August 15, 2014. Pic from left to right: George Hunter, Jesse James, Pierce Powell, Mike Wilhelm pouring a glass of oxygen, back to camera Kit Krieger with Precious.

Blues Ain't Nothin' - Mike Wilhelm & Hired Guns live at Red Dog Saloon 8/15/14

Stack Of Air (Darrell Devore) Loose Gravel live 1971

Mike Wilhelm - guitar and vocal. Don Coffin - mandola and mandolin. A song with Celtic roots which has had hillbillies dancing for well over 200 years. Pic shows Mike - left & Don - right.

Jack O' Diamonds

Mike Wilhelm's Bottle Rock Blues & Rhythm Band with Mike Wilhelm, guitar & vocal; Neon Knepalm, lead vocal, Stephan Holland, guitar; Bill McMenomie, bass; Mark Phillips, drums.
At private party, 2008.

Big Boss Man - Mike Wilhelm & Bottle Rock Blues & Rhythm Band

Under Western Skies

An original intrumental guitar solo played on my '54 Gretsch Country Club with nearly constant use of the Bigsby vibrato tailpiece.

Rodeo Rag

Blue Skies And Sunshine

Here's one that has had hillbillies dancing for more than 200 years.

Git Along Little Dogies

Don't Put Me On - Flamin' Groovies

The "other roan song" w/lyric by Curley Fletcher.

Ridge Runnin' Roan

Words: Curley Fletcher, 1915. Music: Romaine Loudermilk, 1928. One of the best horse songs ever and one of the top cowboy songs of all time.

The Strawberry Roan - Michael Ray Wilhelm & the Guitar Tramps.

Mike Wilhelm plays a classic Robert Johnson blues on acoustic guitar.

Phonograph Blues

Talkin' Nothin'

A song by Anthony Clark from a Chris Wilson CD. Vocal & Guitars by Mike Wilhelm.

Guitar Willie

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